O. Addison Gethers
e-mail address [email protected] [email protected] twitter URL http//:twitter.com/OAddisonGethers Messenger contact window live/msn messenger: [email protected] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS rs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 10:18 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Monday August 24 > Day 236 > > Jeremiah 40-42 (The Message) > > Jeremiah 40 > Go and Live Wherever You Wish > 1 God's Message to Jeremiah after Nebuzaradan captain of the bodyguard set > him free at Ramah. When > Nebuzaradan came upon him, he was in chains, along with all the other > captives from Jerusalem and > Judah who were being herded off to exile in Babylon. > 2-3The captain of the bodyguard singled out Jeremiah and said to him, > "Your God pronounced doom on > this place. God came and did what he had warned he'd do because you all > sinned against God and > wouldn't do what he told you. So now you're all suffering the > consequences. > > 4-5"But today, Jeremiah, I'm setting you free, taking the chains off your > hands. If you'd like to > come to Babylon with me, come along. I'll take good care of you. But if > you don't want to come to > Babylon with me, that's just fine, too. Look, the whole land stretches out > before you. Do what you > like. Go and live wherever you wish. If you want to stay home, go back to > Gedaliah son of Ahikam, > son of Shaphan. The king of Babylon made him governor of the cities of > Judah. Stay with him and your > people. Or go wherever you'd like. It's up to you." > > The captain of the bodyguard gave him food for the journey and a parting > gift, and sent him off. > > 6Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and made his home with > him and the people who > were left behind in the land. > > Take Care of the Land > 7-8When the army leaders and their men, who had been hiding out in the > fields, heard that the king > of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam as governor of the land, > putting him in charge of > the men, women, and children of the poorest of the poor who hadn't been > taken off to exile in > Babylon, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah: Ishmael son of Nethaniah, > Johanan and Jonathan the sons of > Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and > Jaazaniah son of the > Maacathite, accompanied by their men. > 9Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, promised them and their men, > "You have nothing to fear > from the Chaldean officials. Stay here on the land. Be subject to the king > of Babylon. You'll get > along just fine. > > 10"My job is to stay here in Mizpah and be your advocate before the > Chaldeans when they show up. > Your job is to take care of the land: Make wine, harvest the summer > fruits, press olive oil. Store > it all in pottery jugs and settle into the towns that you have taken > over." > > 11-12The Judeans who had escaped to Moab, Ammon, Edom, and other countries > heard that the king of > Babylon had left a few survivors in Judah and made Gedaliah son of Ahikam, > son of Shaphan, governor > over them. They all started coming back to Judah from all the places where > they'd been scattered. > They came to Judah and to Gedaliah at Mizpah and went to work gathering in > a huge supply of wine and > summer fruits. > > 13-14One day Johanan son of Kareah and all the officers of the army who > had been hiding out in the > backcountry came to Gedaliah at Mizpah and told him, "You know, don't you, > that Baaliss king of > Ammon has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to kill you?" But Gedaliah son of > Ahikam didn't believe > them. > > 15Then Johanan son of Kareah took Gedaliah aside privately in Mizpah: "Let > me go and kill Ishmael > son of Nethaniah. No one needs to know about it. Why should we let him > kill you and plunge the land > into anarchy? Why let everyone you've taken care of be scattered and > what's left of Judah > destroyed?" > > 16But Gedaliah son of Ahikam told Johanan son of Kareah, "Don't do it. I > forbid it. You're > spreading a false rumor about Ishmael." > > Jeremiah 41 > Murder > 1-3 But in the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, > came. He had royal blood > in his veins and had been one of the king's high-ranking officers. He paid > a visit to Gedaliah son > of Ahikam at Mizpah with ten of his men. As they were eating together, > Ishmael and his ten men > jumped to their feet and knocked Gedaliah down and killed him, killed the > man the king of Babylon > had appointed governor of the land. Ishmael also killed all the Judeans > who were with Gedaliah in > Mizpah, as well as the Chaldean soldiers who were stationed there. > 4-5On the second day after the murder of Gedaliah-no one yet knew of > it-men arrived from Shechem, > Shiloh, and Samaria, eighty of them, with their beards shaved, their > clothing ripped, and gashes on > their bodies. They were pilgrims carrying grain offerings and incense on > their way to worship at the > Temple in Jerusalem. > > 6Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to welcome them, weeping > ostentatiously. When he > greeted them he invited them in: "Come and meet Gedaliah son of Ahikam." > > 7-8But as soon as they were inside the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and > his henchmen slaughtered > the pilgrims and dumped the bodies in a cistern. Ten of the men talked > their way out of the > massacre. They bargained with Ishmael, "Don't kill us. We have a hidden > store of wheat, barley, > olive oil, and honey out in the fields." So he held back and didn't kill > them with their fellow > pilgrims. > > 9Ishmael's reason for dumping the bodies into a cistern was to cover up > the earlier murder of > Gedaliah. The cistern had been built by king Asa as a defense against > Baasha king of Israel. This > was the cistern that Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled with the slaughtered > men. > > 10Ishmael then took everyone else in Mizpah, including the king's > daughters entrusted to the care > of Gedaliah son of Ahikam by Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, as > prisoners. Rounding up the > prisoners, Ishmael son of Nethaniah proceeded to take them over into the > country of Ammon. > > 11-12Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers with him heard about > the atrocities committed > by Ishmael son of Nethaniah. They set off at once after Ishmael son of > Nethaniah. They found him at > the large pool at Gibeon. > > 13-15When all the prisoners from Mizpah who had been taken by Ishmael saw > Johanan son of Kareah and > the army officers with him, they couldn't believe their eyes. They were so > happy! They all rallied > around Johanan son of Kareah and headed back home. But Ishmael son of > Nethaniah got away, escaping > from Johanan with eight men into the land of Ammon. > > 16Then Johanan son of Kareah and the army officers with him gathered > together what was left of the > people whom Ishmael son of Nethaniah had taken prisoner from Mizpah after > the murder of Gedaliah son > of Ahikam-men, women, children, eunuchs-and brought them back from Gibeon. > > 17-18They set out at once for Egypt to get away from the Chaldeans, > stopping on the way at > Geruth-kimham near Bethlehem. They were afraid of what the Chaldeans might > do in retaliation of > Ishmael son of Nethaniah's murder of Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king > of Babylon had appointed > as governor of the country. > > Jeremiah 42 > What You Fear Will Catch Up with You > 1-3 All the army officers, led by Johanan son of Kareah and Jezaniah son > of Hoshaiah, accompanied > by all the people, small and great, came to Jeremiah the prophet and said, > "We have a request. > Please listen. Pray to your God for us, what's left of us. You can see for > yourself how few we are! > Pray that your God will tell us the way we should go and what we should > do." > 4Jeremiah the prophet said, "I hear your request. And I will pray to your > God as you have asked. > Whatever God says, I'll pass on to you. I'll tell you everything, holding > nothing back." > > 5-6They said to Jeremiah, "Let God be our witness, a true and faithful > witness against us, if we > don't do everything that your God directs you to tell us. Whether we like > it or not, we'll do it. > We'll obey whatever our God tells us. Yes, count on us. We'll do it." > > 7-8Ten days later God's Message came to Jeremiah. He called together > Johanan son of Kareah and all > the army officers with him, including all the people, regardless of how > much clout they had. > > 9-12He then spoke: "This is the Message from God, the God of Israel, to > whom you sent me to present > your prayer. He says, 'If you are ready to stick it out in this land, I > will build you up and not > drag you down, I will plant you and not pull you up like a weed. I feel > deep compassion on account > of the doom I have visited on you. You don't have to fear the king of > Babylon. Your fears are for > nothing. I'm on your side, ready to save and deliver you from anything he > might do. I'll pour mercy > on you. What's more, he will show you mercy! He'll let you come back to > your very own land.' > > 13-17"But do not say, 'We're not staying around this place,' refusing to > obey the command of your > God and saying instead, 'No! We're off to Egypt, where things are > peaceful-no wars, no attacking > armies, plenty of food. We're going to live there.' If what's left of > Judah is headed down that > road, then listen to God's Message. This is what God-of-the-Angel-Armies > says: 'If you have > determined to go to Egypt and make that your home, then the very wars you > fear will catch up with > you in Egypt and the starvation you dread will track you down in Egypt. > You'll die there! Every last > one of you who is determined to go to Egypt and make it your home will > either be killed, starve, or > get sick and die. No survivors, not one! No one will escape the doom that > I'll bring upon you.' > > 18"This is the Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel: > 'In the same way that I > swept the citizens of Jerusalem away with my anger and wrath, I'll do the > same thing all over again > in Egypt. You'll end up being cursed, reviled, ridiculed, and mocked. And > you'll never see your > homeland again.' > > 19-20"God has plainly told you, you leftovers from Judah, 'Don't go to > Egypt.' Could anything be > plainer? I warn you this day that you are living out a fantasy. You're > making a fatal mistake. > > "Didn't you just now send me to your God, saying, 'Pray for us to our > God. Tell us everything > that God says and we'll do it all'? > > 21-22"Well, now I've told you, told you everything he said, and you > haven't obeyed a word of it, > not a single word of what your God sent me to tell you. So now let me tell > you what will happen > next: You'll be killed, you'll starve to death, you'll get sick and die in > the wonderful country > where you've determined to go and live." > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > Also, follow my tweets on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/Donnie1261 > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/dbilg?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
